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SuperFlyTNT
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event? I didnt think it was all that great to be honest. Oh well.
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Maybe you had different expectations but I thought it was fun. Remember that this isn't really a corporation event even if it was sponsored by a bunch of corporations. It's really an extension of the Penny Arcade family and it's more about game play than showing off new cool stuff like E3. Keep those expectations in mind.
Fable was good looking, but seeing NCSoft at the event made my gut wrench at the thought of their terrible customer service in Lineage 2.
on top of that, I met a lot of PA forum junkies.
According to the program guide, next year they intend to use more space in the center.
We went there (pre-registered) hoping to check out the minibosses... they fucked up the band venue... I'm thoroughly pissed....
Granted its the first expo for the folks but shit dood... fucking up a music venue in seattle is like fucking up the konami code...
argh......
Thanks for ruining 2 years of waiting to see these fellas....
In the meantime...I hope they post some videos....
I preregistered....they came up with the music session bullshit while most people were at dinner... I sat there listening to Jerry speaking to a little kid on how everything started.... while in the back of my mind I was ready to frag his ass...
I pre-registered... didn't get my bag of goodies... didn't get to enter the soul cal tourney... and didn't get to see the band I've been waiting to see for years.....
I'm a little bit miffed at this point...the muffings gone to the way side....
but as I said before... PAX 1 - learning ..... hopefully they'll be able to handle the crowds next round (gat damn u farks... u should've known you were so fucking popular... (*tosses a rocket up tycho/gabes ass)) ...
Word to your mothers.... and to those of you that missed the expo... uh... shux for you...
In the worst case scenario of the event...I saw some hella cool tshirts.... (I went to the Pax....and didn't even get a lousy t-shirt)...
grr....
word...
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On a lighter note... the red vs. blue forum was sweet..
As long as I don't do, what I'm planning on doing, everything will work out perfectly.
Two years? Fuck you. This event has only been planned for about 6-8 months, your full of shit. And if you really wanted to see them, you could have watched on one of the tvs on the main floor that were showing the show live. Or you could have bought a ticket off someone. I payed 10 for mine and other people payed more. If you really wanted to see them, you could have. But your just a whining bitch.
Sorry for the anger here, but I think these guys did a great job. They never ran a convention before, and considering that its way bigger then they expected, give them some fucking credit. "OH, i couldn't see the minibosses....booo, i couldn;t get freeplay on a console, booo, the Q&A is fulll, Oh no, the line to play halo 2 is 1000 people long(because its gonna happen)." You all suck for whining like little shits. I flew out here from new fucking jersey, im paying for my own hotel, and im a college student on a small budget. I spent my whole summer savings on this trip, and i couldn't be happier.
So all of you, quit your bitching.
Heh... but "RedBeastMage" settled that debate!
It's a serious undertaking to get from Jersey to Washington. If someone from Jersey says the Penny Arcade guys did a great job, I believe it! I mean really... they did get more people than expected. This is a tremendous first showing for PAX. So as long as you weren't expecting a second E3, I don't see where the problem is.
The resource shortage was disappointing, but at least the entrance fee was so cheap that you don't feel ripped off.
Hopefully they'll learn from this experience. Multiply everything (except the number of attendees) by, say, 3 times and this could be a great recurring event.
In future years as we're all sitting around playing games we'll laugh about how we all spent the first PAX jocking for a view of someone else playing.
-Helem Boesch-
WetbackMcMoneyfingers. Or a Mexi-Jew. - awesome!
Watch them on the tv's? You don't get out to see bands often do you? Anyways, I dug the event... I was just bummed I didn't get a chance to see what I came there to see.
There's absolutely no reason why this shouldn't become a recurring event. As others have pointed out in the thread..they didn't expect the numbers they received.
When I showed up at registration and asked for my bag of goodies, dood behind the counter said "we're out" then looked over at another dood behind the counter "we're out? we filled 2000 of those things..how could we be out... wait...that must mean over 2000 people showed up" with a stunned look on his face. So I pretty much gathered from that, that there were going to be some "line" rides, and events missed. All in all it was pretty kewl... definately blew the socks off of the IVGF tourney.
Next year they'll just have to hold it at Seahawk Stadium.
Speaking of IVGF... does anyone know if IVGF actually paid out their winners? I went to check out who won (which seemed to be like a week later) and their site was down
As long as I don't do, what I'm planning on doing, everything will work out perfectly.
PAX Ruled!
You people that didn't like it? How about you stop being giant fucking cockbites and give constructive suggestions instead of saying "omg it wuz ghey."
For example: I would suggest that there be more free play time on the consoles, or have a seperate console room that isn't used for tournament play at all. That way, people can bring their own games/systems and play with a bunch of friends or random strangers during the middle of the day and not have to wait for late at night.
Have you ever tried to organize an event? Shit, son, it's hard fucking work.
If it really pissed you off so much, do us all a favor and stay home next year.
But yeah, I didn't even watch any of the rounds (except Diceland when I wasn't playing DDR Extreme....with my binoculars from the 4th floor).
However, twas an amazing experience.
Oh! And I remember that we couldn't hook up our PS2 in our room at Doubletree. But that's not really anybody's fault here.
Though, I am impressed about how well it was for the first one, I seriously wasn't expecting much.
There was more excitement around the final SSBM tourny round than there was for the Omegathon rounds.
I think that they should have used the pa system a lot more to announce events starting etc.
cpt jack is top teir.
For being a first convention, it went amazingly well and despite lines, limited seating for panels, and sometimes hallways congested to the point of being reminiscent of highschool, most people appeared to be enjoying themselves as well.
I'm certain that next year, we shall see changes. And be sure that some of those changes come from you as well - now that you've been to one, you know what to expect at worse. Be prepared for the upsetting aspects and suck it up ^^
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haha....
As long as I don't do, what I'm planning on doing, everything will work out perfectly.
For those of you that think PAX 2004 was awesome, thank you. It was a blast for us as well and your support is appreciated. For those of you that thought it sucked for you, yes- I'm not one to deny that... if you didn't have an incredible experience then something is broken and we're going to try to fix it for 2005 and beyond.
Okay, I really need sleep. Please keep this thread and threads like this going. You guys rock.
-robert
That, and the whole concert thing. But I'll be alright with that if the concert's on the DVD. Which it is. Right?
Yes, and we knew immediately we could never use that theatre for anything ever again... we were super upset that a ton of people weren't able to get in. Oh, and yes, musical performances on dvd, check.
i can't stop reading these threads...
-robert
This is the best post I've ever read on PA
-Helem Boesch-
my only suggestions are this:
1) louder PA speakers announcing "hey lady, your baby is locked in your car" and the like. they were too quiet and you couldn't really hear what the person was saying over the "hey douchebag, i want to play men of valor so move it!"
2) different color stamps for the different days. i paid for both days (about five months ago) but my friend cody only paid at the gate on saturday. on sunday he didn't want to pay again so he just got restamped and said "my stamp kinda wore off" and the dude just restamped him. that's no good for business, ya know?
3) bigger space.
A: Um, we like to play games.
Otherwise, this thing was a blast and I look forward to going to it next year.
A: Um, we like to play games.
Not all nerds refuse to bathe.
-Helem Boesch-
First of all, I just want to say thank you to everyone who put this on, it was incredible. The one thing that I will remember for a long time to come is when I played Halo 2, on the Xbox that was being piped to the projector and to the two live stream tv's downstairs, and when I took out that first warthog with the RL and used the tracking thing to take him down (I knew what to do, I've been in the beta), and the crowd started yelling and shit, and then later when I capped the flag, it was like the fucking E3 video, it was just awesome, and afterwards, I got to stay and take pics, and I even got to talk to frankie for a few seconds :shock: It was incredible, and I just want to thank you all for putting it on. The idea for PAX is utterly cool, get a bunch of people together who like games and PA, and give them a ton of unreleased games to play, tourneys, and a massive LAN, then throw in a bunch of cool panels and stuff. My suggestions for next time are pretty much just...
-More arcade machines, they are great when you want to have something to do while waiting for your tourney or something
-Have a section for the next concert just for people who were at PAX04, since almost none of us were at the concert this time
-More real security, when I checked my bag before going into the console room, when I came back out 10 minutes later I just went over, grabbed my bag, and went, and the guy watching it didn’t even glance up, it was 3 o clock, and I totally understand it, but the bag area needs to be sectioned off with one little entrance, like at a ski-check in place
-Lockers to store your bags, so that you can bring your stuff along for overnight, but not have to haul it around.
-An area for people to sleep in, maybe with a bunch of foam mattresses or something
-More deathmatch games in the PC room, I understand that Lanwerx didn’t have Ut2k4, and the Atari shipment just didn’t make it in time, but some good DM games would be great for next time, it seemed like all the games were strategic team games and shit
-More everything, more consoles, more computers, bigger areas for stuff, more air conditioning, and most of all, MORE BAWLS!!! That shit totally ruled, try to get them to come back next time too
Thanks again to everyone that ran this, and I can’t wait until PAX05!